Improvement in harness-loops



F. HISKMAN- Harness-Loops.

Patented Dec. 9

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

FRANCIS HICKMAN, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-LOOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,299, dated December 9, 1873; application filed Y February 17, 1873.

contact with the shaft is made to consist of.

india-rubber, and, together with the strapkeeper, may be cast in one piece.

Figure l is a perspective view of a harnesstug embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section through the same Fig. 3 is aperspective View of the rubber loop and keeper detached from the strap.

A is an annularblock or ring 'of indiasrubber, Whose central opening is of the repre sented oval or elliptical shape, and is prefer- 'Y ably rounded toward the edges at a, as shown.

:Externally the said block has flan ges a', which confine the ordinary leather strap B. In the upper portion of said block is a channel, C, to

' receive the bar` of a customary buckle, D. The

anges a project and unite on one side to form a keeper or staple, E.

It will be seen that the block A will receive the shaft as in a cushion, and partially grasp the same, not permitting it to slip about and rattle, as in the customary leather loop.

My invention will be seen to greatly simplify Y. the manufacture of harness-tags. The entire v loop and keeper can be made at small cost, and the hand-work which remains, consisting simply in the attachment of the strap B, is trifiing. The subsequent repairs of the tug are in like manner facilitated.

I clailn as new and of my invention- The rubber ring A, formed with the channel (l to receive the buckle D, and having the flanges a for securing the edges of the strap B, said flanges being extended and joined together on one side of vthe ring, so as to form the strap-keeper E, all as herein shown and described.

FRANCIS HIGKMAN. A,

Witnesses:

U. lloLToN, J. Ross MILLER. 

